When I created Solomon Gray to act as my fursona, I modeled him to be more closely reflect me. This turned out to be a bit of a double-edged sword: on one hand, I felt like he reflected me more accurately that my previous sona (Martel). On the other hand, he reflected me so closely that he began to feel...boring? He wasn't special, he was painfully average, he was passive and quiet...and in turn it made me not really happy about myself either. Rather than make a choice to retire Solomon, as I did like the design, I decided instead to be more free and loose with the character. Less a "reflection of the actual self" and more a "reflection of the desired self."
Having played BG3, I've become more well versed in D&D and, subsequently, able to explore myself in new ways too. As such, I decided to give Solomon some magical elements akin to the D&D class I saw myself (and subsequently, him) as being: an Abjuration Wizard. Abjuration as a school of magic focuses on warding, defense, and protection: I don't see myself as strong, but I do see myself as durable, so this fits well with both that and my more stoic, learned image of myself.
In a similar vein, I'm also a fan of ARPGs like Last Epoch, Path of Exile, Diablo (the old stuff, IV can rot in a dumpster), and so forth. In some of these titles there are often magic builds that use one's mana / magic bar as more than a resource - it can be a source of defense by taking damage before it goes to one's health, it can amplify damage of one's spell through its sheer volume (in PoE specifically, this is usually referred to as an Archmage build). This kind of thing is something I like conceptually: the ability to use one's mind to achieve heights and feats otherwise difficult to achieve. This, too, blends well with the idea of an abjuration wizard in D&D
In short, I see Solomon as a wizard of sorts, someone who can channel raw magical prowess and mental fortitude into physical being. I don't see this as being the same as a kitsune per say, who would generate their power through spiritual means, but rather something different (course, that also means Sol will retain his fox status and have but one tail)
But yeah...will probably have some more magical shenanagans going on with him in the future. we'll see.
Having played BG3, I've become more well versed in D&D and, subsequently, able to explore myself in new ways too. As such, I decided to give Solomon some magical elements akin to the D&D class I saw myself (and subsequently, him) as being: an Abjuration Wizard. Abjuration as a school of magic focuses on warding, defense, and protection: I don't see myself as strong, but I do see myself as durable, so this fits well with both that and my more stoic, learned image of myself.
In a similar vein, I'm also a fan of ARPGs like Last Epoch, Path of Exile, Diablo (the old stuff, IV can rot in a dumpster), and so forth. In some of these titles there are often magic builds that use one's mana / magic bar as more than a resource - it can be a source of defense by taking damage before it goes to one's health, it can amplify damage of one's spell through its sheer volume (in PoE specifically, this is usually referred to as an Archmage build). This kind of thing is something I like conceptually: the ability to use one's mind to achieve heights and feats otherwise difficult to achieve. This, too, blends well with the idea of an abjuration wizard in D&D
In short, I see Solomon as a wizard of sorts, someone who can channel raw magical prowess and mental fortitude into physical being. I don't see this as being the same as a kitsune per say, who would generate their power through spiritual means, but rather something different (course, that also means Sol will retain his fox status and have but one tail)
But yeah...will probably have some more magical shenanagans going on with him in the future. we'll see.
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